The ecological significance of lobed and toothed leaves intemperate forest trees

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1250-1255

  Baker Brosh, Kathleen F ^a,b   Peet, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drip tips; Early season; Forest tree leaves; Function; Leaf expansion and growth; Leaf margin characteristics; Leaf teeth and lobes; North Carolina (USA) Piedmont forests; Photosynthesis; Temperate cf. tropical

Indexed keywords

FOREST TREE; LEAF MARGIN; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; TEMPERATE FOREST;

USA, NORTH CAROLINA, PIEDMONT;

EID: 0030613893     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1250:TESOLA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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